When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb4
Mar313
Apr69,821
May117,105
Jun14,099
Jul500
Aug146
Sep16
Oct1
Nov2
Dec4
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 9,084 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 6,614 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 6,271 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 4,865 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 4,526 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 4,234 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 3,745 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 3,480 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 3,442 | |
| 10 | Worcestershire | England | 3,165 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 3,049 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 3,048 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 3,042 | |
| 14 | Gloucestershire | England | 2,562 | |
| 15 | Cheshire East | England | 2,478 |
177,214 England14,483 Scotland6,278 Wales3,478 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 203,747
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 122
- Scientific name
- Anthocharis cardamines
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 199,490
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Essex, Devon, Worcestershire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire +89
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Anthocharis
- Name with authority
- Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 58
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q322180 · GBIF 1919712